Chapter 39: Getting Closer

VIVIAN’S POV

I walked through work as if I was in a dream, unable to fully focus. All I could think of was what had happened in the gym with Julian. The way he was punching, and kicking had me wondering if he was imagining the practice equipment as something else.

He never told me what he did to people, never told me if he hurt them, or tortured them, or beat them until they spilled more than blood from their lips. However, I knew that there were certain aspects of his life that he chose to not share and that was okay. I’d rather live in a state of innocence in this world than to know about the darker sides of it. The darker parts that I didn’t get to see, and I had seen some of it, but he took great care in hiding it from me and keeping it vague.